Gaseous Transmitters and Neuroendocrine Regulation

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 385-395

  Brann, Darrell W ^a   Bhat, Ganapathy K ^a   Lamar, Charisee A ^a   Mahesh, Virendra B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Corticotropin; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Folliculo stellate cells; Gonadotropes; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; Growth hormone; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Neuroimmune interactions; Nitric oxide; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYCLIC GMP; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROLACTIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; REPRODUCTION; SECOND MESSENGER;

EID: 0030967094     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127201     Document Type: Article

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